Stoelting™ Fear Conditioning System

Stoelting™ Fear Conditioning System version of the ANY-maze software is paired with and controls all of the components necessary to conduct Fear Conditioning experiments on mice and rat. Systems require a computer (not included).

Supplier:  Stoelting™ 60466S

Catalog No. 10-000-616

Description

System uses the two most common fear conditioning paradigms:

• Contextual Fear Conditioning
• Acoustically-Cued Fear Conditioning
• Fear conditioning is the method by which animals learn to fear new stimuli. It is a form of learning in which fear is associated with a particular neutral context (e.g. a room) or neutral stimulus (e.g. a tone). This can be done by pairing the neutral stimulus with an aversive stimulus (e.g. a shock). Eventually, the neutral stimulus alone can elicit the state of fear.

The detection of Freezing is automated and based on video analysis, by using the Any-Maze software (specific version for Fear Conditioning), which also controls the shocker and the sound generator.

System also works in total darkness.

Includes the following:

• Fear Conditioning Specific version of ANY-maze Behavioral Tracking Software
• FireWire camera
• Sound Generator
• Shocker
• Animal Enclosure with electrified grid floor
• Sound-Attenuating Chamber with light and fan
• Context Kit (to alter chamber’s color and texture)
• System componenet
• Does not include a computer but a computer is required
  
  

ANY-maze software (specific to the Fear Conditioning apparatus)

• Immobility (fear-induced freezing) quantitatively measured using video-based detection
• Automatically calculates parameters of interest such as:
• Total freezing time
• Number of freezing episodes
• Duration of freeing episodes
• Latency times between stimuli and freezing events
• FC Chamber
• Shocker
  
  
• Constant current (from 0.1 to 2.9 mA in 0.1 mA steps)
• Sound Generator
• Two Independent channels with adjustable frequency and intensity (100 to 40,000 Hz; 1 to 150 dB)
• Two independent white noise channels
• ANY-maze driven speaker (and light) can be freely positioned within the sound-attenuation chamber
• Enclosure with Electrified Grid Floor 
• Convenient and innovative opening and debris tray (17 x 17 x 25(h) cm)
• Sound-Attenuating Chamber - Minimizes travel of ultrasonic vocalizations and fear-related pheromones
• Includes light and fan
• Context Kit
• Includes a set of removable contexts to alter the animal enclosure’s color and texture
• Note: Macintosh Operating Systems are not supported.

Specifications

• For Use With (Application): Neuroscience
• Animal: Rat
• Quantity: 4